Button.



W. E. EDWARDS.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE II. 19H.

THE-NORRIS VFTERS (.11.,r-nU10-LIYHQ.WASHINGTON. n. c.

Patented July 23, 1918 WILLIAM E.. EDWARDS, OF BCRJGJOKLYN, NEW YDEEHE.

BUTTON.

Application filed June 11, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM E. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons adapted to be slipped into and held ina buttonhole, and particularly that form of button which is used forholding insignia or ornaments in the lapels of coats.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an inex lensive formof such button. Another object of the invention is to provide a form ofbutton in which the back can be made cheaply in large quantities so thatthe front portion can be readily attached when desired.

Another feature of the invention is that while my novel invention isinexpensive to manufacture, it .is, at the same time, of substantialconstruction, and also provides a post arranged so that the button facecannot readily be turned out of its correct position.

-With these and other objects in view, my invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be morefully described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figures 1, 2 and 3 repre sent one form of button which Ihave adopt" ed for purposes of illustration of my invention, Figs. 1 and2 being side elevations, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the button back withthe front removed.

Figs. 4:, 5 and 6 represent a second form of my invention, Figs. 1 and 5being side elevations of the same, and Fig. 6 a plan view with the frontremoved.

The corresponding parts are referred to both in the drawing andspecification by similar reference characters.

In the drawing, referring now to the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 10is the back from which are cut or punched and bent up the two members 12and 13, which form the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918. Serial No. 174,018.

post of the button. To the top of this post is soldered or fastened inany preferred form the front portion 11, which of course may bear anyemblem or ornament that is desired. formed integrally from a flat sheetby punching or cutting the two members 12-43 therefrom from oppositesides of the plane into which the two members are to be bent to form thepost. This not only forms a symmetrical construction of pleasingappearance, but also distributes the cut-out port-ions of the back so asto produce a sub stantially uniform and symmetrical distribution of themetal.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the structure issubstantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, except thatthe post members 17-18 are straight instead of curved, and the members17-18 are formed so that the upper ends to which the front 19 isfastened are thicker than the base, and this construction is broughtabout by first striking up the back 20 in a suitable die so as toproduce a greater thickness at one partthan the normal thickness of theback 20. Then the members are cut and bent as described above, and thefront 19 fastened to the end of the members 17-18.

I claim:

1. A button comprising a sheet metal back and a post integrally formedfrom the material of said back, and a front attached to the top of saidpost, said post comprising a pair of thin flat members in the same planeat right angles to the plane of said back, and symmetrically disposed onopposite sides of the center thereof, the tops of said members beingdisconnected from each other and adapted for the attachment of thebutton front.

2. A button comprising a sheet metal back and a post integrally formedfrom the ma-' terial of said back, and a front attached to the top ofsaid pOSt, said post comprising a pair of thin fiat members in the sameplane at right angles to the plane of said back, and syn'imetricallydisposed on opposite sides of the center thereof, the tops ofsaidmembers The back 10 and the post 12 are being disconnected from eachother and to the plane of said back, and symmetrically tlnc-ker thanthen' bases and adapted for the dlsposed 0n opposlte sldes 0f the centerof attachment of the button front. said back and their tops adapted forthe at- 3. As an element of an ornamental buttaclnnent of it buttonfront thereto. 5 ton, a, sheet metal back and it pair of thin, WILLIAME. EDWARDS.

flat members integral with said back and Vitnesses: disconnected fromeach other, said members HARRY P. DICKINSON, extending in the same planeat right angles JAMES T. RILEY,

'Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

